Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 14:05:41 -0500
From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood-AT-panix.com>
Subject: Re: M-TH: Re:  Porn


malgosia askanas wrote:

>Mark's argument, if I understand it correctly,
>says that part of the very attraction of porn is the phantasy of its
>non-consensuality, the phantasy that one is doing something to someone without
>their consent.  In other words, the argument claims that the phantasy of
>porn is
>always, to some extent, a phantasy of rape.

Neither of us can speak for Mark, who is plenty capable of speaking for
himself. But the fantasy of most porn produced for straight men is that hot
babes are at the consumer's service. These are lusty women who like it, but
without all the complications of reality (including the fact that women who
are sexually assertive may well be assertive in other ways that make men
uncomfortable).

Doug





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